12.8% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gormans Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gormans Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A striking 12.8% of homes in Gormans Hill have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, very few residents actually use them to get to work. Most people here rely on cars or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13% of households do not own a car, a rate that is well above the New South Wales average. For those who do have vehicles, nearly half of all homes have just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gormans Hill, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (23%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, and only 10% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure. Instead, 62% of workers drive themselves to their jobs.
10.0% ▲ +127.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Gormans Hill has 12 stops across three bus routes, which is far above the state average for stops per person. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the New South Wales figure.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
13.53
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
992.1
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around on foot is difficult here, as the walk to the nearest stop takes typically 53 minutes. This is much higher than most other areas.
53
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
158
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Gormans Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11726/gormans-hill/topic/transport